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 Basal leaves Desert Botanical Gardens Herbarium Collection, Usage rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial(CC BY-NC) |  Plant Brent Miller, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Leaves somewhat wider than many other gilia species, irregularly divided into broad lobes; lobe tips taper to a sharp point; leaf bottoms and stems covered with translucent, glandular hairs.
Identification notes: Hairy and glandular throughout; flowering branches erect or ascending, floral tube, white, yellow or pale purple often 2 to 3 times longer than the expanded lobes (throat) of the flower.
Height:
6 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Dry, rocky desert slopes.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub,
Elevation: Below 2500 feet
Color:
White, yellow, pink or pale purple
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
Sepals 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, slightly grainy; lobes needle-shaped; corolla funnel-shaped, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long; pink to pale purple tube 2 to 3 times as long as sepal; yellow throat; lobes pink to pale purple.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Lower leaves 1 to 3-1/2 inches long, 1/4 to 3/4 inch broad, coarsely toothed; lobes divided, short hairy stems; upper leaves stemless, shorter, with fewer divisions; leaves are hairy glandular as are the stems.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Egg-shaped capsule, not quite globe shaped, about 1/4 inch long, opening when ripe from top to bottom between 3 valves.
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